Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

It got me thinking about the advice that I often give to new VCs. So the advice I’ve been giving many VCs from my experiences is that “in VC it’s important to play offense, not defense.” ” And then there are incubators and accelerators. So I have a rule on accelerators. It’s exhausting.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 4, 2009

This is part of my Startup Advice series. You didn’t get acceleration on a change of control? So when the Stanford MBA, the ex senior technology developer or the former Chief Revenue Officer of a company is calling me and asking my advice on their next gig you can see why I start with “are you ready to earn or to learn?&#.

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 5, 2025

Personalized Advice and Guidance One of the most significant advantages of one-on-one mentoring is the personalized advice you receive. With one-to-one mentoring, you aren’t getting generic advice you’re receiving insight applicable to your business.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

JANUARY 23, 2024

The YLAI Network team spoke with Jonathan to gain some insight into his social ventures, thoughts on the rise of artificial intelligence, and any advice for fellow network members looking to jump into entrepreneurship. Jonathan’s advice to fellow young leaders and network members is to trust the process and trust the journey.

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This is going to be BIG.

JULY 30, 2012

Firms have networks of advisors, too--with particular expertise in your area. Given the proliferation of accelerators and incubators that pre-vet entrepreneurs, roll up their sleeves to help companies, and dress them up for demo days, the best and brightest are being showcased to look better than ever.

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 5, 2015

They''re a career accelerator, which is a pretty neat concept--doing what YC and Techstars do for startups, but for your career. I reiterated the notion of risk taking when giving career advice the other day and how when I joined Union Square Ventures, it wasn''t the USV it was now. Twenty years ago, I got my first job.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 24, 2021

Plaid, the fintech giant, has announced the inaugural cohort of startups in its new accelerator program, FinRise. The accelerator, announced two months ago , is explicitly focused on backing underrepresented founders in tech. Accelerators embrace change forced by pandemic.

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Source Link

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

partners with over 60 different communities across the country to do just that, and we are thrilled to announce that our network has grown this week to Orlando, Florida. Developing a vibrant and rich online and in-person network. SourceLink? Please join us in welcoming BizLink Orange ! Entrepreneurs new “home” in Central Florida.

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 3, 2025

Culina Health achieves this by offering a nationwide network of registered dietitians. With a team of over 90 registered dietitians, the company is committed to making nutrition advice accessible to everyone, accepting all major insurance plans, and offering services to patients across all 50 states.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2013

He pinged me that he was thinking about joining a startup based in LA with the CEO in NYC and would I be willing to meet him and give him advice on this process. And he decided he wanted to be part of the 500Startups accelerator. He used the 500Startups platform to uber network in the Bay Area where he was living.

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 29, 2024

Update of Article dated July 7, 2019 Entrepreneurs too often work alone, missing opportunities to accelerate their pathway to success When starting or growing a new business the small business owner or entrepreneur should keep in mind that they are entering a lifelong pursuit of professional and personal growth.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 11, 2012

At least startups have accelerators, incubators, etc. For new fund creation, you essentially have to already be tied into existing networks of capital. In fact, thanks to increased scrutiny of investment funds in a post-Madoff world, this imbalance will probably get bigger and bigger. and now croudfunding sites.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

Cincinnati, like many startup communities in the US over the past 5 years, has revitalized important regions in its urban core, created accelerators, built co-working facilities, pooled together angel capital, attracted VCs, involved educational institutions and solicited the help of important corporations in a more cohesive ecosystem.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Inspired by these exchanges, by experiences finding it difficult to find Haitian coffee on the international market, and by his desire to honor his rich family history, he created a business plan, and he worked with an accelerator to further expand on his plan and start his company. The road ahead is difficult, but it is so worth it.”.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 10, 2015

This is only an educated hypothesis but I’ll bet it’s pretty close to grounded in reality: Everybody saw “The Social Network” and everybody has a belief that suing will net them millions whether they’re in the right or the wrong. I would like to just offer some very simple advice: 1. No acceleration.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 15, 2013

I can tell you from experience that they also value the networking that they get with their peer groups and we marketed this heavily. We would allow them to accelerate some Q3/Q4 initiatives to Q1/Q2 if they would fund the development. Often 2-3 customers would band together to fund an accelerated plan. Startup Advice'

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

As EO Accelerator graduates and business partners, they have unique insights on growing their revenue while maintaining a partnership. . Octane: EO Accelerator is EO’s program for first-stage entrepreneurs. How did you hear about EO Accelerator? Once you graduated from EO Accelerator, you both joined EO as full members.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 4, 2009

This is part of my ongoing series Startup Advice. Companies such as Undertone Networks or SeeWhy (run by my friend Charles Nicolls who’s a BI expert formerly from Business Objects) offer these products to websites. So is there nothing you can do to accelerate sales? Tags: Start-up Advice. I know I didn’t.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

When emerging entrepreneur David Davila started to develop his idea of a family business selling coffee, one of his friends recognized that he had a great idea and encouraged him to apply to Union Kitchen, a startup accelerator in the United States. Accelerators such as Union Kitchen, a startup food business accelerator in the Washington D.C.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 21, 2011

They got us to fill out the details of where we worked in the past and the network effect compels us to keep it updated. So resume + directionally-correct social graph = goldmine for recruiting, networking and marketing. It doesn’t strike me as a “social network&# in the way we’ve come to define them.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 16, 2021

However, I believe that accelerators can be the glue bringing the two together. I’ve participated in a number of accelerators, including Disney and Techstars, and these programs gave me a noticeable advantage when I stepped into VC. Accelerators are hubs for diversity. Boost serendipitous, strategic meetings.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 28, 2022

The Family co-founder and CEO Alice Zagury announced in a blog post that the French startup accelerator is suing Oussama Ammar for multiple claims — breach of trust, forgery and use of forgery. They teamed up to build a different kind of startup accelerator without any batch or demo day.

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Founder Bounty

DECEMBER 19, 2022

YC Y Combinator is easily one of the most famous accelerators in the world, thanks to its huge profile and excellent reputation among startups. Its aim is to invest $20k into each of its accepted companies at an early-stage and then provide six months of hands-on support, advice and mentorship as they build their product or service.

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 21, 2025

Develop a Strong Network Building a network of advisors, mentors, investors, and peers can be one of your most valuable resources as a founder. The startup ecosystem is filled with people who have walked the path before and are often willing to share their experiences and advice.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2014

Today we’re in a world where 10 accelerators are bombarding you with emails to meet their 10-15 companies. Of course these are great places to network with other investors, meet great entrepreneurs and keep your connections strong with senior execs at larger companies like Yahoo!, And there’s conferences. Web Summit.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 26, 2024

Have you ever wondered what it’s like to join the Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO), the world’s largest membership network formed exclusively by entrepreneurs, for entrepreneurs everywhere? These interactions have underscored the importance of continuous learning and the power of a strong, supportive network.”

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

I was meeting with a first-time CEO of a very promising young startup recently and offering my advice on what his priorities should be. I gave him the same advice I give nearly all over-worked, control-freak, do-everything-yourself startup founders: “Your number one priority isn’t any of these things. Who’s in?

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Dream It

DECEMBER 10, 2020

However, don’t forget that most likely, angels you’re pitching to want to offer their best advice and be part of your journey to success and changing the landscape of an industry. Jason did not have the network to raise a friends & family round when he launched his first company. How do you attract angel investors?

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David Teten VC

JULY 27, 2021

We have collected a wide range of freebies, contests, accelerators, online communities, and VCs designed for student tech founders. The Microsoft Student Accelerator , though it has the word “accelerator” in its name, is a free, 4-month boot camp teaching students advanced analytics and AI, Azure and cloud fundamentals, and web apps and APIs.

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StartupNation

JUNE 18, 2025

Moreover, constant internal strife can lead to burnout, which further accelerates turnover. Leverage the Power of Mentors and a Strong Network No matter how talented you are, external perspectives are invaluable. A mentor’s advice can save you from reinventing the wheel or making costly mistakes.

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Paul G. Silva

OCTOBER 6, 2022

For those unfamiliar with it, Launch413 was a Post Accelerator that helped startup CEOs scale for sustained success by providing coaches with deep domain expertise. The community of mentors and fellow entrepreneurs were constantly supportive, making introductions and providing advice I could not have accessed on my own.”.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 22, 2011

I hold true to form and follow my own advice. I didn’t sit through any panels (other than the day where I was the emcee and judge for the BizSpark Accelerator program). I had to be on stage at 7.30am for the Startup Accelerator event. It has to do with the future of social networking. About 15 in total.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

Specifically we talked about what single trigger vs. double trigger acceleration works and “termination without ’cause’ &#. Swipely is a social network orientated around users credit card transaction data. Tags: Start-up Advice. DEAL OF THE WEEK.

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StartupNation

JUNE 1, 2021

Oftentimes, I read articles offering tips for entrepreneurs that revolve around generic advice on getting started. However, what is often direly needed is how to appeal to investors and raise smart money — knowledge that is essential for fundraising and a master key to building, accelerating and scaling your new venture. Franklin D.

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Founders Coop

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

tl;dr + Techstars was once one of the world’s leading accelerator programs, but has steadily been eclipsed by Y combinator. What did we owe our sponsors, and did that put us in conflict with our commitments to give founders the best possible advice, and to never waste their time?

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2015

So they offered the same kind of crappy software that they tried to impose in the wired Internet era and because you had to get your phone subsidized and purchased through one of their stores and because you had to use a wireless network they had leverage to force customers to use their software.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 5, 2024

My advice to all entrepreneurs: Don’t shy away from hard conversations. She’s the author of A Business Owner’s Guide to Crisis PR: Protecting You & Your Business’ Reputation and serves as her chapter’s Accelerator co-chair. Read the post for more details on Tal’s experience.

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